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Also, it appears he was released without having to post a money bond, so that would indicate that no one actually got injured. Domestic assaults can sometimes be primarily verbal with a little pushing and shoving.
Yep..someone I know was arrested for grabbing another persons arm when they were trying to take something from him. That's right...for grabbing their arm. Kansas is one of the states where it's mandatory to arrest someone if it's reported and then ask questions later. Some laws are just plain stupid.
Bragg hasn't seemed focused on the court or dialed in since the start of the season.. this has probably been a problem for him for awhile.Maybe whatever led to this is out of his system and he can get back to playing basketball.
This whole thing is bizarre. In the annual hoops publication put out by the LJW, Bragg said what he likes about KU is how safe he feels. He has lost a couple of friends to gunfire back in Cleveland and appreciates the environment here.
This is how it works: Any guy can get into an argument with a woman in public and she can push him and then he can push her arm away - and her friend can witness it and call the cops and her friend can say that "he pushed her arm away" and that's enough for him to get arrested for domestic battery. Then, the law says he has to see a magistrate before release. BUT, that magistrate can read the report and say it's just Disorderly Conduct and set a 0$ bail and release him immediately. At best, it's just an embarrassment for Bragg. At worst there was actual malicious intent and there will be further judicial action. But, believe it or not, just because he was arrested and spent the night in jail doesn't mean he'll actually be charged with what he was arrested for. Cops have no choice but to make an arrest in some cases (with DB reports). But, that doesn't necessarily mean DB occurred. So, just chill out and wait to see what happens this morning when he sees the magistrate and the case is reviewed and charges are actually filed vs an arrest being made.
One thing I don't understand about domestic violence (really assault on a female that you know) is looked at so differently than other assaults. We all agree if he put his hand on his girl, that is despicable behavior, and maybe he does deserve to get booted from the squad. But why is it looked at in such a different light than getting into a fight when a man? If he would have punched some guy and broke his noise and teeth, he would not get kicked off the team. We seem to think that behavior is more acceptable. The view we SHOULD have is that they are BOTH unacceptable. For example, Tiger Woods got hit in the head with a golf club by his wife. Nobody cared. Blake Griffin (who is a massive man) punched a team manager (a much smaller man) and broke his jaw and injured him greatly. Instead of Griffin being booted from the team, or the NBA, he was barely disciplined and the Clippers fired the team manager at the end of the year, NOT Blake Griffin. If he had done that to a woman, he would have been kicked out of the NBA.
Allegedly, he hit his girlfriend and pushed her down some stairs.
Now, before we all jump to conclusions ... what was the GF's role in this? Did she assault him first, was he reacting to her, did she antagonize him like some women have a tendency to do? Take Ray Rice, for instance. His wife repeatedly hit him, got in his face, cussed him out nose to nose, and spit on him. He'd had enough, he decked her. Not that I condone hitting women, but some of them deserve it because they don't know when to quit.
OMG!QuoteNow, before we all jump to conclusions ... what was the GF's role in this? Did she assault him first, was he reacting to her, did she antagonize him like some women have a tendency to do? Take Ray Rice, for instance. His wife repeatedly hit him, got in his face, cussed him out nose to nose, and spit on him. He'd had enough, he decked her. Not that I condone hitting women, but some of them deserve it because they don't know when to quit.
5280Jayhawks wrote:I am staring at a picture of my daughter, next to the computer as I type this. I would phucking kill him. No excuse for this type of chit.But what if what really happened is that she took a swing at him and broke her hand on his iron-clad Jaw, and the impact pushed her back down some stairs as if she was Keanu Reeves in "The Matrix" dodging a bullet?Would you still kill him?
Student section should wear tank top undershirts (aka wife beaters) with Carlton written on the back to the ku game to raise awareness for shitheads that knock around women and then laugh about it.
